The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-16
IS 1T BIDDING FOR VOTES >

1t happens that Fielden and Schwab,
whose sentences we're committed, were the
only two wsge.workers among the con-
victs. Fielden was hard working
laboIing man, aud SchwaJ hired
writer. The rest were professional agita-
tors and losfers. journal.
Five Of the Chicago Anarchists are dead.
Two survive and are in the penitentiary.
1t does no good to lie about any one of
them, living or dead. Governor 0glesby
commuted the sentence Of two OF ths Au-
archists. His reasons for saving two and
permitting four to hang are simply be-
meath contempt. 1t is an exhibition of So
nifty fruitful of nothing but disgust. The
Journals paragraph lets the cot, in part,
out of the bag, head or tail, as one may
choose TO regard 1t. It was designed, evil
IDENTIFY, as 9 bid for the votes of the An
srchists to help the Republican party into
power. The Journal says "Fielden and
Schwab were the only two wage-worksrs
among the convicts." Oglesby commutsd
the sentence of the two wage workers
hence, what1 This, doubtless, that all
wage workers ought to vote with the Re-
publican party.
Fielden was a teamster; Schwab was a
book-binder, bat at the time of his arrest
was sub-editor OF Spies paper, the Arbei-
ter Zeitung. Adolph Fisher was a printer,
foreman of the newsroom of Spies paper,
hence wsge-worker. George Engel was
a painter, working at his trade, hencs a
wage-worker. Here there are two
men, Engle and Fischer, who were
as certainly wsge-workers as Fielden and
Schwab. Lingg may have been an agita-
tor, but was scarcely loafer. Parsons
and Spies were agitstors, but not.loafers-
unless the Journal desires it to be under
stood that the proprietor OF a newspaper
is a loafer-more than that, Parsons was a
printer and Spies an upholsterer. We
doubt very much if the Journals miser-
able attempt TO give taffy to Anarchists or
wageworkers will pay expenses, but 1t
does let little light in upon Oglesby's
proceeding. Here were six men con-
demned to death for identically the same
crime-one crime-neither court nor Jury
ever discovered any difference in their
guilt. Oglesby does make such a discov-
verdict-pronounced sentence OF terrible
severity upon court and Jury. 1t does not
matter what the old imbeciIe says to the
contrary. 1t does not matter how loudly
he protests that The court was right. He
did override the verdict-the one verdict.
He did find q place for humanity" where
the jury and the court were too blind to
see the point. He did modify one SEN
tence that touched all alike so as to per-
| NIT two to escape, and he said he could
do such q thing without doing violence
to public justice" He could upset a yer.
dict, he could Get ssIde a sentence, he
could strike fatal blow at the whole pro.
ceeding without doing violence to pub.
lie Justice, and now the Journal
takes up this monstrous proceeding
with the evident intention of making DO
liticsl capital out of it. 1t would say il
the presence OF the CHASTITY spectacle
Lock, you, wage-workers; oglesby, Re
publican Governor, has spared the lives o
two wege- workers, aud all you Anarchist
should remember the favor aud vote tn
Republican ticket" The Journal point
to Epgel, the paiater, and to Fischer, tn
foreman of a news-room, and says the.
we're not wage workers, but ''loafers." Ii
GOO g name. is it not time to be done wit
such tactics to secure votes for the Reput
lican party? It would seem that there ca
be no lower depths OF vulgar duplicity.
is doubtless the most shameful exhibitio
of partisan heartlessness ever known. Is wi
be interesting to note how the Journal
pars graph will be received by the Anarct
list prees Of the country. Two wage worker
saved: two wsge-workers hangeS
loafers"-two agitstors, ''loafers
hanged. If the Journal is going to booi
the Republican party on the strength {
old 0glesby's action, it will be new d
paIture. Proceed.